The fashion game has changed. That’s right, I said it. No longer is the loudest in the room or on the street the winner, but rather the more curated you are the better. What does that mean? Don’t get too crazy with it. Keep it simple, and make it pop where it counts. With that said, you need to check out Ranks, a New York-based accessories company that just dropped its 2011 Spring/Summer collection of cotton twill reversible belts. Read More »
Basketball used to be simple. Back when James Naismith invented the sport in 1891, the game looked very different. Players didn’t dribble. There were no three-pointers. Here’s the craziest part of all: there weren’t even positions. Teams had this weird idea that they could just play their five best players.
Nowadays everyone has a position. Expectant fathers stare at ultrasound pictures trying to figure out if their child will be a post player like daddy. Even the chubby 40-year-old guy at the park freaks out when you tell him to give up the ball because he can’t dribble. Read More »
Even when you’re known primarily as a distributor, sometimes you get to hit the game-winning bucket too. So while Nike and Foot Locker opened the new House of Hoops on 34th Street here in New York City this past Saturday with Amar’e Stoudemire, we were also in the house, being recognized for our not-for-profit organization, Chain Link Fundamentals. Empowering youth basketball players through access and instruction, Chain Link won the Nike/House of Hoops Game Changer Award for its work in the New York community. Read More »
Bill Walker hasn’t exactly lit the New York basketball scene on fire this season, but dude can still get up.
In the Knicks’ big win last night in Philly, Walker not only met Spencer Hawes at the top on a dunk attempt for a too-easy block, but he also had a putback jam where he crawled up and over the backs of pretty much everyone in the gym.
There were the winners and losers last night. Then, there were the real winners and losers last night. Indiana, Boston, Memphis, New Orleans, San Antonio and Oklahoma City all probably threw parties. Dallas, Miami, Houston and Charlotte all could’ve traded tears. We want to say the playoff picture is starting to take shape. But in reality, it’s only clear for the next 24 hours. That doesn’t mean we can’t speculate though … Read More »
There are few coaches in college hoops that have seen success in the Northeast and the Southwest and have lived to tell about it. One of them is recently retired Connecticut native, Tom Penders. Penders took four schools (Rhode Island, George Washington, Houston and Texas) to the NCAA Tournament – Fordham actually won the MAAC title and didn’t get a bid because the conference was not yet eligible – and retired trailing only three active coaches (Jim Boeheim, Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Calhoun in games coached. Read More »
As this season nears its end for the Sacramento Kings, leaning halfway out the door on their way to Anaheim, we need a reminder. Once upon a time, a decade or so ago, there was no fanbase more rabid, no love affair between a city and team more pronounced and no basketball more exhilarating than the Kings. Cowbells were in, and on the East Coast, it meant staying up late and getting up early for SportsCenter.
They never did win anything of substance, those Sacramento teams immediately following the second retirement of Michael Jordan. But damn, they had substance. Read More »
If you’re going to channel any NBA player in the boxing ring, Ron Artest probably makes the most sense. That’s why no one should have been surprised to see former World Champion Paulie Malignaggi sporting Artest’s jersey as he arrived at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas yesterday in advance of his fight against welterweight contender Jose Miguel Cotto. Malignaggi is a New York native, but now lives and trains in Los Angeles; he figured an Artest jersey would allow him to show love to both his hometown and where he currently resides. Read More »
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